Table EIR 13. Known cases of groundwater contamination (Florida Department of 

 Environmental Regulation 1980b) . 



Case name: Reeves Southeastern Corp. contamination of the Shallow Clastic 

 Aquifer, Hillsborough County. 



Case description: Two divisions of the Reeves Southeastern Corp., the South- 

 eastern Galvanizing Division and the Southeastern Wire Division, are located 

 immediately adjacent to each other in Hillsborough County. Both facilities 

 utilized seepage ponds to dispose of low pH waste waters containing heavy 

 metals. In 1975, monitoring wells were constructed downgradient from each 

 of the divisions' ponds. In 1977, water analyses from the monitoring wells 

 showed ground water contamination from each of the ponds. The Southeastern 

 Galvanizing monitoring well recorded high zinc, iron, BOD, suspended solids 

 and low pH . The Southeastern Wire well recorded high chromium, zinc, iron, 

 BOD, suspended solids and low pH . Both divisions have now employed a lime 

 treatment process, which has resulted in a hazardous sludge disposal problem 

 and in failure to bring the waste within health standards. Further company 

 action is expected to take place in 1980 . 



Case name: Taylor Rd . Landfill contamination of the Floridan Aquifer, 

 Hil Isborough County. 



Case description: Hillsborough County has been operating the 42 acre Taylor 

 Road Landfill since 1957. The landfill is located in a recharge area of 

 the Floridan Aquifer with little or no confining bed between the waste and 

 the top of the aquifer. Ground water movement is towards the south and 

 southwest. There are a few individual water supply wells in the immediate 

 vicinity of the landfill. The landfill is reported to have received differ- 

 ent kinds of industrial wastes (paints and solvents) besides regular house- 

 hold municipal waste. During a recent Environmental Protection Agency 

 (EPA) investigation, water samples from neighboring water supply wells were 

 collected and analyzed for organic volatile substances. EPA reported traces 

 of carcinogens in five wells near the landfill. These carcinogens are 

 vinyl chloride, dichloroethylene, chloroform, and trichloroethylene . 

 According to EPA these chemicals are "in the water in amounts that are 

 serious enough to cause problems." The extent of plume development has not 

 yet been determined, but according to EPA the well nearest the landfill had 

 the highest concentration, and the wells further away had lower concentra- 

 tions . 



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